Date Established:

January 2012

We are the local Move to Amend affiliate in Kane County, Illinois. In 2013 Illinois became the 14th state to call on Congress to pass an amendment to the Constitution that says corporations are not people and money is not speech. We joined other organizations to form a coalition to accomplish this. Our MTA works tirelessly to overcome the takeover of our democracy by corporations. We are working to stop fracking in Illinois. Our precious water is being used wastefully by corporations to acquire more natural gas while they pump dangerous chemicals into the earth. Privatization of our schools by corporations needs to be stopped too. There are many problems. We work with Move to Amend to right these wrongs. The support, organization and education that is provided by Move to Amend national helps us to push back on the problems caused by corporate rule. Please join us because it will take grassroots organizations to change our country. Bottom up organization to push politicians to work for we the people.

Announcements

Move to Amend is barnstorming through Indiana and Illinois, and we're coming to a town near you! Catch a talk in your area, and learn how you can get involved in the campaign to end corporate personhood and demand real democracy!

Move to Amend Kane County is fighting to stop Fast Track for the TPP--Trans-Pacific Partnership because this treaty will send jobs overseas, create an even worse trade deficit and hurt the poor and middle class of this country. It's about U.S.

Press Coverage

Supporters hope to persuade state to appeal to Congress for action

Some Chicago-area voters this week were asked to weigh in on the issue of corporate spending in political campaigns as part of a movement with the ultimate goal of amending the U.S. Constitution to change the way elections are financed.

Featured Affiliate

Kansas City Move to Amend has been an active affiliate since December 2010. Over the past few years, Kansas City has had many successes, ranging from passing a municipal resolution to the May 10... More

Move to Amend is a coalition of hundreds of organizations and hundreds of thousands of individuals committed to social and economic justice, ending corporate rule, and building a vibrant democracy that is genuinely accountable to the people, not corporate interests. We call for an amendment to the US Constitution to unequivocally state that inalienable rights belong to human beings only, and that money is not a form of protected free speech under the First Amendment and can be regulated in political campaigns.